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Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - Cotes-d'Armor Un-navigable)

 
 

Early plans for the Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - Cotes-d'Armor Un-navigable) between Gateshead and Southcester were proposed by James Brindley but languished until John Rennie was appointed as chief engineer in 1782. In 1888 the Bath and Sevenoaks Canal built a branch to join at Eastleigh. Expectations for limestone traffic to Oldham were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Brench power station was enough to keep it open. The Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - Cotes-d'Armor Un-navigable) was closed in 1955 when Rochester Cutting collapsed. Despite the claim in "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Henry Smith, there is no evidence that Cecil Wood ever made a model of Taunstone Locks out of matchsticks for a bet

Information about the waterway

The Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - Cotes-d'Armor Un-navigable) is a commercial waterway and is part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest. It runs for 27.27 kilometres through 45 locks from Ecluse 192 Goariva (where it joins the Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - Finistere Navigable)) to Ecluse 147 Restouel (where it joins the Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - Cotes-D'Armor Navigable)).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Notable features of the waterway include Glomel Flight

This waterway is excluded by default from route planning with the following explanation: "closed"

Ecluse 192 Goariva
Pont du D83 0.30 kilometres 1 lock
Ecluse 191 Kerhun 0.87 kilometres 1 lock
Ecluse 190 Moustoir 1.42 kilometres 2 locks
Ecluse 189 Stang Ar Vran 2.04 kilometres 3 locks
Ecluse 188 Moulin Stang Ar Dour 2.82 kilometres 4 locks
Ecluse 187 Stang Ar Dour 3.34 kilometres 5 locks
Ecluse 186 Sainte Eloy 4.32 kilometres 6 locks
Ecluse 185 Lansalaün 4.98 kilometres 7 locks
Ecluse 184 Moulin de Tronjoly 5.75 kilometres 8 locks
Ecluse 183 Kerbernès 6.02 kilometres 9 locks
Ecluse 182 Tronjoly 6.71 kilometres 10 locks
Ecluse 181 Lestrou 7.07 kilometres 11 locks
Ecluse 180 Keriffaut 7.43 kilometres 12 locks
Pont du D11 7.73 kilometres 13 locks
Ecluse 179 La Pie 7.75 kilometres 13 locks
Ecluse 178 Rosquelven 8.30 kilometres 14 locks
Ecluse 177 Kerdelen 8.66 kilometres 15 locks
Ecluse 176 Cajan 9.03 kilometres 16 locks
Ecluse 175 Daoulas 9.48 kilometres 17 locks
Ecluse 174 Prat Marc'h 9.92 kilometres 18 locks
Ecluse 173 Kerangal 10.27 kilometres 19 locks
Ecluse 172 Kerglador 10.49 kilometres 20 locks
Ecluse 171 Kergudon 10.77 kilometres 21 locks
Ecluse 170 Tremalvezen 11.05 kilometres 22 locks
Ecluse 169 Kerleres 11.28 kilometres 23 locks
Ecluse 168 Kermarehquer 11.43 kilometres 24 locks
Ecluse 167 Kergicquel 11.57 kilometres 25 locks
Ecluse 166 Minguen 11.77 kilometres 26 locks
Ecluse 165 La Chapelle 11.93 kilometres 27 locks
Ecluse 164 Ty Lostec 12.08 kilometres 28 locks
Ecluse 163 Sainte Péran 12.24 kilometres 29 locks
Ecluse 162 Quinquis 12.44 kilometres 30 locks
Ecluse 161 Stang Jean 12.56 kilometres 31 locks
Ecluse 160 Créharer 12.68 kilometres 32 locks
Pont du D3 15.35 kilometres 33 locks
Ecluse 159 Quistinic 16.24 kilometres 33 locks
Ecluse 158 Menez Ar Faouet 16.49 kilometres 34 locks
Ecluse 157 Cosquerou 16.63 kilometres 35 locks
Ecluse 156 Trehu Moron 16.94 kilometres 36 locks
Ecluse 155 Port Yannick 17.38 kilometres 37 locks
Ecluse 154 Kerisloyet 18.01 kilometres 38 locks
Ecluse 153 Keriou 18.88 kilometres 39 locks
Ecluse 152 Pont Auffret 20.60 kilometres 40 locks
Pont du D790 20.65 kilometres 41 locks
Pont du D23 22 kilometres 41 locks
Ecluse 151 Kerjegu 22.23 kilometres 41 locks
Ecluse 150 Bonen 23.51 kilometres 42 locks
Ecluse 149 Cosquer 24.72 kilometres 43 locks
Ecluse 148 Stang An Dour 25.87 kilometres 44 locks
Ecluse 147 Restouel 27.27 kilometres 45 locks
 
 
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The Nantes–Brest canal (Canal de Nantes à Brest) is a French canal which links the two seaports of Nantes and Brest through inland Brittany. It was built in the early 19th century, and its total length as built was 385 km with 238 locks.

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[Nantes–Brest canal] The Nantes–Brest canal (Canal de Nantes à Brest) is a French canal which links the two seaports of Nantes and Brest through inland Brittany. It was built [Pontivy] is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It lies at the confluence of the river Blavet and the Canal de Nantes à Brest [Oust] has been made navigable for small ships, and forms part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest. The rivers Aff, Arz and Ninian are among its tributaries. Sandre [Aulne] bays just south of Brest. The river is part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest, the navigation canal that once connected the city of Nantes on the Loire with [Blavet] of the links in the Brittany canal system. It connects with the Canal de Nantes à Brest at Pontivy and runs to Hennebont, a distance of 60 km. From the [La Pitié] Canal de Nantes à Brest between locks 146 and 147. Chapelle N-D de Pitié (Mellionnec) Mellionnec - La Pitié Le canal de Nantes à Brest à Mellionnec Ecluse [Château de Blain] Châteaubriant, Ancenis and Clisson. The castle stands on the side of the Canal de Nantes à Brest. It has 12 towers and covers an area of 4 hectares. The first castle [Vilaine] the Canal d'Ille et Rance hence the Rance estuary, which enters the English Channel at Saint-Malo. In Redon it crosses the Canal de Nantes à Brest, giving [Châteauneuf-du-Faou] Monts d'Arrée and Montagne Noire. The town is built on a hill overlooking the Canal de Nantes à Brest, which is the canalized river Aulne. The bridge over [Nantes] century with fill from construction of the Nantes-Brest canal. Nantes is built on the Armorican Massif, a range of weathered mountains which may be considered
 
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